"Their descendants are established with them in their sight,Job has come out swinging in this chapter, directly challenging Zophar's statements from the last. Zophar was claiming that God punished the evil-doers in short order, and that they would not benefit from their deeds. As I've said before, his philosophy holds disturbing similarities to the "health-wealth gospel" of modern times.
And their offspring before their eyes,
Job, however, will have none of this claptrap. He goes straight in, showing how Zophar is wrong. Here, he shows how the evil-doers are not punished right away. In fact, they live to a ripe old age. They see their children grow up, and them their children's children. This takes a matter of decades. So, of course, they are not punished by God right away. Instead, they often live long, happy lives.
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